Description:
LaTeX is a front end for the TeX text formatting system. Easier touse than TeX, LaTeX is essentially a set of TeX macros which provideconvenient, predefined document formats for users.

If you are installing tetex, so that you can use the TeX textformatting system, you will also need to install tetex-latex. Inaddition, you will need to install tetex-afm (for convertingPostScript font description files), tetex-dvilj (for converting .dvifiles to HP PCL format for printing on HP and HP compatible printers),tetex-dvips (for converting .dvi files to PostScript format forprinting on PostScript printers) and tetex-xdvi (for previewing .dvifiles in X). If you're not an expert at TeX, you'll probably alsowant to install the tetex-doc package, which contains documentationfor TeX.